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• Agnosticism
  ...] has used the [[word]] to mean "not knowable". In technical and marketing literature, agnostic often has a meaning close to "[[independent]]"—for example, "pl
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• Romanticism
  ...ed especially in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_literature English literature] by sensibility and the use of [[autobiographical]] material, an exaltation ...ture]]. It was embodied most strongly in the visual arts, [[music]], and [[literature]], but had a major impact on historiography, [[education]] and the [[natura
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• Anecdote
  ...scientific]] evidence, as evidence that cannot be investigated using the [[scientific method]]. The problem with arguing based on anecdotal evidence is that anec [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• The Catholic Encyclopedia
  ...t when it is commonly asserted that Catholic principles are an obstacle to scientific research, it seems not only proper but needful to register what and how muc
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• Prodigies
  ...[[media]] accounts, although this term is discouraged in [[scientific]] [[literature]]. Wunderkind also is used to recognize those who achieve success and accla
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• Explanation
  In [[scientific]] [[research]], explanation is one of the [[purposes]] of [[research]], e.g ...tries/scientific-explanation/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Scientific Explanation]
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• Sanskrit
  ...[[literature]] encompasses a rich tradition of poetry and drama as well as scientific, technical, Hindu philosophical and Hindu religious [[text]]s. Today, Sansk ...that the oral transmission of the texts is reliable: they were ceremonial literature whose correct pronunciation was considered crucial to its religious efficac
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• Dinosaurs
  ...) "lizard". Through the first half of the twentieth century, most of the [[scientific]] [[community]] mistakenly believed dinosaurs to have been sluggish, uninte ...0s and 1890s, during which a pair of feuding paleontologists made enormous scientific contributions.
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• Prediction
  ...hod]] is built on testing assertions which are [[logic]]al consequences of scientific theories. This is done through repeatable [[experiment]]s or observational ...ckly and easily confirmed or falsified (see predictive [[power]]). In many scientific fields, desirable theories are those which predict a large number of events
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• Subtle body
  ...The [[existence]] of subtle bodies is unconfirmed by the [[mainstream]] [[scientific]] [[community]].
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• Literacy
  ::c. versed in [[literature]] or [[creative]] writing : literary The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization] (UNESCO) defines literacy as the "[[ability]] to
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• Theory
  ...m "theory" in academic [[literature]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theory. Even so, since the use of the term theory in scientific or empirical [[inquiry]] is the more common one, it will be discussed first
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• Astrology
  ...rial]] matters. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer. The [[scientific]] [[community]] considers astrology a [[pseudoscience]] or [[superstition]] ...ntil the 18th century. Eventually, astronomy distinguished itself as the [[scientific]] [[study]] of astronomical objects and [[phenomena]] without regard to the
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• 2011-01-14-Spiritual Influences
  ...fiction]], [[adventures]], or their essays of [[political science]], of [[literature]] and of [[philosophy]]. There isn’t a hard and fast or rigid way to [[ex ...o [[stimulate]] your [[contemplation]] and [[creativity]]. These are the [[scientific]] [[minds]] among you, who are normally unwilling to [[adopt]] anything tha
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• Sutras
  ...by [[students]] in some of the [[formal]] [[methods]] of scriptural and [[scientific]] [[study]] (Sanskrit: ''svādhyāya''). Since each line is highly condense One of the most famous [[definitions]] of a sutra in Indian literature is itself a sutra and comes from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayu_Pu
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• Darkness
  ...emotion]]al response to an absence of light has inspired [[metaphor]] in [[literature]], [[symbolism]] in [[art]], and emphasis. ==Scientific==
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• Methodology
  ...r study [[relative]] to the [[scientific method]]. This is why scholarly [[literature]] often includes a section on the methodology of the [[research]]ers. This
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• Space energies
  ...d non-polluting [[electromagnetic]] and electro-gravitic systems. The open literature is replete with well-documented technologies that have surfaced, only to la ...e [[maze]] of regulatory, patenting, rogue national security, financial, [[scientific]] and [[media]] [[barriers]] that confront the inventor or small company.[h
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• Method
  ...r study [[relative]] to the [[scientific method]]. This is why scholarly [[literature]] often includes a section on the methodology of the [[research]]ers. This
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• Thesis
  ...student has incorporated copyrighted materials in the thesis). Many large scientific publishing houses (e.g. Taylor & Francis, Elsevier) use copyright agreement [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Dictionary
  ...gual dictionaries), the systematic [[study]] of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest themselves is a 20th century enterprise, called [https://en.wikipe [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Topography
  ...]] τόπος (topos, place) and γραφία (graphia, writing). In [[classical]] [[literature]] this refers to [[writing]] about a place or places, what is now largely c ...e 20th century as generic for topographic surveys and maps. The earliest [[scientific]] surveys in France were called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini
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• Classics
  ...field of study in the humanities. The word "Classics" also refers to the literature of that period. ...for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature."
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• Breakdown
  ...SM-IV DSM-IV] or ICD-10, and are nearly absent from current [[scientific]] literature regarding mental illness. Although "nervous breakdown" does not necessarily
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• Degeneration
  ...hich [[police]]s degenerates out of [[existence]] with the assistance of [[scientific]] [[identification]]. ...egeneration'' attempted to explain all [[modern]] [[art]], [[music]] and [[literature]] by pointing out the degenerate characteristics of the artists involved. I
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• Exhortation
  ...port the results (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_publishing scientific publishing]). Client and consultant combine their expertise and, through di [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• The Sciences
  ...to differentiate it from [[applied science]], which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs. ..."science" is generally limited to [[empirical]] study involving use of the scientific method.<ref>See, e.g. [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/science]. The firs
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• Criticism
  ...luding [[art]], [[music]], [[film]], theatre or [[drama]], restaurant, and scientific publication critics. ...tic," used without qualification, most frequently refers to a [[scholar of literature|Philology]] or another [[art]] form. In other contexts, the term describes
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• Knowledge
  ...in the condition described. Consequently the proper object of unqualified scientific knowledge is something which cannot be other than it is.|[[Aristotle]]|''[[ In ''An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method'' (1934), Morris R. Cohen and Ernest Nagel reviewed the pursuit of t
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• Eugenics
  ...th meetings in 1912 in London, and in 1921 and 1932 in New York. Eugenics' scientific reputation started to tumble in the 1930s, a time when [[Ernst Rüdin]] beg Since the second World War, both the public and the scientific communities have associated eugenics with Nazi abuses, such as enforced rac
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• Science
  ...to differentiate it from [[applied science]], which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs. ..."science" is generally limited to [[empirical]] study involving use of the scientific method. See, e.g. [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/science]. The first us
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• Vagueness
  Many [[scientific]] [[concepts]] are of [[necessity]] vague, for instance species in [[biolog [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Author
  ...ors has a single distinct author function. In the wake of [[postmodern]] [[literature]], [[Roland Barthes]] in his seminal essay [[Death of the Author]] (1968) a ...dersen, D., Dahiquist, G., Sarvas, M., and Aakvaag, A. (1999) Handling of scientific dishonesty in the Nordic countries. ''The Lancet'' 354: 11-18 [https://www.
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• Data
  ...easurement or result is a single ''datum''. Many (perhaps most) academic, scientific, and professional [[style guides]] (e.g., see page 43 of the [https://whqli ...These three concepts are ill- or ambiguously defined in the subject matter literature <!--Anyone know what subject matter this is referring to? It may need clar
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• Paradox
  ...ridical type, typically counterintuitive outcomes of economic theory. In [[literature]] a paradox can be any contradictory or obviously untrue statement, which r ==Paradox in literature==
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• Intuition
  ...nt method for testing claims. A characteristic example is the post-Gettier literature concerning the [[analysis]] of [[knowledge]]. A philosopher proposes a def * [https://www.intuition-sciences.com/introduction A scientific research group on intuition]
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• Languages and Literature
  ...the world and which has hundreds of songs sung in it, and a vast amount of literature written in it. [[The Stone City]], for example, was originally written in E ...existence of "[[mirror cells]]" in [[primate]]s. This, however, is still a scientific question. What exactly is the definition of the word "language"? Most resea
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• Public speaking
  ...gradual deprecation of the Latin style of oration. With the rise of the [[scientific method]] and the emphasis on a "plain" style of speaking and [[writing]], e [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Reflection
  ...onsciousness or sensation. [[Cognitive psychology]] accepts the use of the scientific method, but rejects introspection as a valid method of investigation for th ...hand, introspection can be considered a valid tool for the development of scientific hypotheses and theoretical models, in particular in cognitive sciences and
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• Sin
  # The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom by Gerald L. Schroeder ...W. A: Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3d ed. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press.
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• Imagination
  ...the field of [[scientific method|scientific]] [[hypothesis]]. Progress in scientific research is due largely to provisional explanations which are constructed b [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Esotericism
  ...ional and non-scientific belief systems, typically as contrasted with the "scientific" or "traditional religious" beliefs of the society without or "at large". I ...uted its own esoteric imagery, notably the [[Holy Grail]] from [[Arthurian literature]].
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• Humanity
  ...ly the humanities include [[Languages|ancient and modern languages]] and [[literature]], [[history]], [[philosophy]], [[religion]], [[visual arts|visual]] and ...ure]], as well as performing arts such as [[theatre]] and [[dance]], and [[literature]]. Other humanities such as language are sometimes considered to be part o
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• Science fiction
  ...nce]]s is the [[tradition]]al [[purpose]] of science fiction, making it a "literature of [[ideas]]".[1] Science fiction is largely based on writing entertainingl *Stories that involve [[technology]] or scientific principles that contradict known [[laws]] of [[nature]][4] (compare [[Mirac
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• Contemporary Philosophy
  ...classical certainties thought to be overthrown, and new social, economic, scientific, ethical, and logical problems, '''20th-century philosophy''' was set for a ...e]], [[cybernetics]], [[genetics]], and [[generative linguistics]], rich [[literature|literary]] output, and the emergence of the [[Film|motion picture]] as an a
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• Anti-gravity
  ...all number of reports of anti-gravity-like effects in the [[scientific]] [[literature]]. As of 2007 none of them are widely accepted by the physics community. ...of the Laws of Physics, by Daniel Z. Freedman and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, Scientific American, February 1978
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• Real Presences
  .../en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction deconstruction] movement in modern [[literature]] (and [[art]] and [[music]]). It is not a book that many scientists would that Steiner feels deeply in the face of modern deconstructive movements in literature, with their
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• J. Gordon Melton
  ...ty Northwestern University] where he received his Ph.D. in the History and Literature of Religions in 1975. His doctoral dissertation surveyed some 800 religious *Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
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• English
  ...ceful and prosperous kingdom. Encourages [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[culture]] and [[literature]]. Even marries Aethelred's widow Emma, brought over from Normandy ...ter a while, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is no longer kept up. Authors write literature in French, not English. For all practical purposes English is no longer a w
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• Oral Tradition
  ...by all folklorists). As an [[academic discipline]], it refers both to a [[Scientific method|method]] and the objects studied by the method. ...ith immediate resistance, because it seemed to make the fount of [[Western literature|Western literary]] eloquence the slave of a system of [[cliché]]s, but it
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